In record-breaking fashion, rising fourth-year Matthew Fallon of the men’s swimming and diving team earned a spot in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on Wednesday by placing first the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.
Fallon’s winning time of 2:06.54 set a new American record and is the fastest time in the world so far this year. He is the first American swimmer in Penn’s program history to qualify for the U.S. national team, and only the fifth men’s student-athlete in program history to qualify for the Olympics.
Leading up to the Trials, Fallon, a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School, told Penn Engineering that earning a spot on the Olympic team would be a nice bow tie to all his super hard work competing in national meets and world competitions.
The Olympics will be held Friday, July 26, through Sunday, Aug. 11, in Paris. The swimming events will be held July 27-Aug. 4.
This story is by Greg Johnson. Watch a video on Fallon and read more at Penn Today.
Posted: June 27, 2024